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Posted January 20, 2013 12:07 am - Updated January 22, 2016 03:31 pm

Check out the Pig for bargains, contests

Courtesy of Trina Mike

reader success story

This is my first free spree at Staples. I got one flash drive, one 24-pack Angel Soft toilet paper, one 50-pack Swiss Miss hot chocolate, three 24 packs Nestle bottled water, one eight-pack Famous Amos cookies, one 100-count plastic forks, one 12-pack bubble mailers, one 12-pack Bounty paper towels, two three-pack Puffs with lotion tissues, two two-pack Duracell batteries, one 30-ounce bottle of Ajax dish liquid and one pack of index cards. My total was $100.64, and I paid 64 cents after rewards.

Have you ever entered a contest and won? Last year I entered a contest and won a playhouse that I gave to a friend’s child. My cousin won free rent for a year from Dr Pepper several years ago. Another friend won an Xbox from a blogger. I try to enter as many contests as I can in hopes that I will win another one soon.

Piggly Wiggly is sponsoring a contest called “Local Since Forever” to reward shoppers with some awesome prizes. The contest started Jan. 9 and will run through March 5. Even if you have never won a contest before, this contest is well worth entering.

Someone has to win; why not you? The contest is very easy to enter.

I’m crossing my fingers that one of my readers will win.

Major prizes include:

• $20,000 cash grand prize, plus an additional $5,000 for the winner to donate to the local school of their choice

• Free groceries for a year (five available to be won)

• Free gasoline for a year (15 available to be won)

• $1,000 local getaways (50 available to be won)

• Local food prize packs (1,000 available to be won)

Each time you shop at Piggly Wiggly through March 5, you will earn a Local Since Forever game ticket.

For every $50 you spend, you will earn a bonus game ticket. Shoppers can earn up to five tickets per day, and there is no limit to how much or how many times you can win. The more you shop, the more chances you will have to win.

There are four ways to win with your ticket:

• Instant win — Open your ticket up and check it. There are more than 500,000 free products and discounts available to be won instantly.

• Collect to win — Pick up a collector card at Piggly Wiggly. Inside each tickets are two stickers. Place them on the appropriate collector card.

When you complete any of the photos on the collector card, you will win the prize indicated.

• Enter to win — Fill out an entry form found in select tickets and place in the ballot box at Piggly Wiggly. Every Tuesday at noon through Feb. 26 they will draw a winner for a local food pack. On March 5, they will be drawing for a $500 Piggly Wiggly gift card.

• Online win — If you find a pin number inside your game ticket, enter it online at www.thepiggiveaway.net.

The first time you visit the site, you will need to register, then enter the pin. Once you register, you will just have to enter your login information to enter any additional pins that you accumulate.

A $50 gift card will be give away daily and the grand prize is free Piggly Wiggly groceries for a year.

The great thing about Piggly Wiggly is that it’s locally owned.

Christy Boudolf, director of marketing for Piggly Wiggly, shared these comments in a press release about the contest:

“Local has always been a key component of who we are as a company. We are committed to our local partners and the communities in which we do business, and we want to celebrate that commitment with a game for our customers. Keeping the contest local was very important to us. The game supports local farmers and entrepreneurs as well as local tourism and education.”

I will definitely be shopping at Piggly Wiggly this week. My favorite deals include fresh lean ground beef for $1.79 a pound, quarter-loin pork chops for $1.79 a pound, split chicken breast for $1.40 a pound and strawberries for $1.99 a pound.

If you haven’t shopped at Piggly Wiggly before, you will need to register for a Pig card in the store. This loyalty card is required to get the specials. Piggly Wiggly doubles coupons up to 99 cents every day.

It will double 10 coupons per day, and there is a limit of four like coupons that will double.

Send your tips or questions to Savvy Shopper Michelle Rubrecht at savvyshopper@savannahnow.com or post them to Facebook at Savannah Savvy Shopper.